Filipino comic book artist
Jerome Opeña is aFilipino comic book artist best known for his numerous collaborations with writerRick Remender .
Opeña was born in the Philippines, and spent most of his childhood inTaiwan , where his father worked for an international agricultural organization that was based there. When Opeña was approximately 16, his family moved to the United States, where he has lived ever since.[ 1] Opeña attended art school for four years, and graduated when he was 24 years old.[ 2]
After he graduated from art school, Opeña "floated around for a few years, did a lot of odd jobs here and there and the occasional illustration or concept art job", as well as some comic work.[ 2] Opeña began work full-time in the industry in 2005 when he metRick Remender , with whom he has collaborated on many of his projects.[citation needed ] In 2009 he drewVengeance of the Moon Knight ongoing series with writerGregg Hurwitz . As part of theMarvel NOW! relaunch of Marvel's titles, Opeña teamed with writerJonathan Hickman to launchThe Avengers vol. 5 series in February 2013.[ 3] He drew the first three issues. He also drew theInfinity limited series in 2013 with writer Jonathan Hickman.[ 4]
In September 2019 Opeña drewSpawn issue 300, issue 301, an oversized anniversary issue, with various artists. He also provided a variant cover.
Opeña lives inBrooklyn ,New York City .[ 5]
Star Wars Tales #13: "Mace Windu — The Sith in the Shadow" (withBob Harris ,anthology ,Dark Horse , 2002)Métal Hurlant vol. 2 #3: "Who's Dreaming Now?" (withAlejandro Jodorowsky , anthology,Humanoids Publishing , 2003)Lone (with Stuart Moore,Rocket Comics ):"Bad Medicine" (inRocket Comics: Ignite one-shot , 2003) "Once Upon a Time in the Wasteland" (in #1–4 and 6, 2003–2004) Strange Girl #8 (withRick Remender ,Image , 2006)Fear Agent (with Rick Remender):"Re-Ignition, Part 4" (withTony Moore , in #4, Image, 2006) "My War" (in #5–10, Image, 2006–2007) "Hatchet Job" (withKieron Dwyer , in #17–19 and 21, Dark Horse, 2007–2008) Wolverine (one-shots,Marvel ):Dangerous Games : "Purity" (with Rick Remender, anthology, 2008)Flies to a Spider : "Swallowed the Spider" (withGregg Hurwitz , 2009)The Punisher vol. 8 #1–5: "Living in Darkness" (with Rick Remender, Marvel, 2009)Vengeance of the Moon Knight #1–6: "Shock and Awe" (with Gregg Hurwitz, Marvel, 2009)Deadpool #1000: "Appetite for Destruction" (with Rick Remender, anthology, Marvel, 2010)Uncanny X-Force #1–4, 14–18 (with Rick Remender, Marvel, 2010–2012)The Avengers vol. 5 #1–3 (withJonathan Hickman , Marvel, 2013)Infinity #2–6 (with Jonathan Hickman,Dustin Weaver (#2–5) andJim Cheung (#6), Marvel, 2013–2014)The Avengers: Rage of Ultron (with Rick Remender andPepe Larraz ,graphic novel , Marvel, 2015)Seven to Eternity #1–6, 9–17 (with Rick Remender, Image, 2016–2021)Spawn #300–301 (withTodd McFarlane , among other artists, Image, 2019)The Incal #7 (Humanoids Publishing , 2001)Fear Agent #20 (Dark Horse , 2008)Avengers vs. X-Men #4, 8, 12 (Marvel , 2012)Uncanny X-Force #25–32 (Marvel, 2012)Captain America vol. 7 #1 (Marvel, 2013)Infinity #1 (Marvel, 2013)Miracleman vol. 2 #1 (Marvel, 2014)Fantastic Four vol. 5 #1 (Marvel, 2014)Kick-Ass 3 #6 (Icon , 2014)Magneto vol. 2 #2 (Marvel, 2014)Wolverine vol. 6 #1 (Marvel, 2014)The Punisher vol. 10 #2 (Marvel, 2014)All-New Invaders #3 (Marvel, 2014)Hulk vol. 2 #1–3 (Marvel, 2014)Daredevil vol. 4 #3 (Marvel, 2014)The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 3 #1 (Marvel, 2014)Iron Fist: The Living Weapon #3 (Marvel, 2014)Spider-Gwen #1 (Marvel, 2015)Deadpool vol. 3 #45 (Marvel, 2015)Deadly Class #12 (Image , 2015)The Uncanny Inhumans #0 (Marvel, 2015)FCBD :The Avengers #1 (Marvel, 2015)Convergence #5 (DC Comics , 2015)Secret Wars :Marvel Zombies #1 (Marvel, 2015)The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 4 #1 (Marvel, 2016)Uncanny X-Men Omnibus Volume 3 (Marvel, 2016)Seven to Eternity #7–8 (Image, 2017)Shirtless Bear-Fighter! #5 (Image, 2017)Deathstroke vol. 4 #31 (DC Comics, 2018)Deadpool vol. 5 #1 (Marvel, 2018)The Amazing Spider-Man vol. 5 #1 (Marvel, 2018)Tony Stark: Iron Man #4 (Marvel, 2018)The Weatherman #6 (Image, 2018)X-Force vol. 5 #2 (Marvel, 2019)Cosmic Ghost Rider Destroys Marvel History #1 (Marvel, 2019)Justice League vol. 4 #23–24 (DC Comics, 2019)Batman/Superman vol. 2 #2 (DC Comics, 2019)Dark Nights: Death Metal #2 (DC Comics, 2020)Strange Academy #1 (Marvel, 2020)The Scumbag #1 (Image, 2020)^ Cruz, Jiggy (September 21, 2011)."The Uncanny Jerome Opeña" .YAHOO! Philippines . ^a b Matadeen, Renaldo (May 21, 2012)."CBNAH Interview: Jerome Opena" . wizard is Oz. ^ Ching, Albert (December 5, 2012)."Jonathan Hickman Brings the World to Marvel NOW!Avengers " .Newsarama . Archived fromthe original on November 10, 2013. RetrievedNovember 9, 2013 . ^ Truitt, Brian (August 11, 2013)."Sunday Geekersation: Jonathan Hickman always thinks big" .USA Today .Archived from the original on December 4, 2013. RetrievedNovember 9, 2013 . ^ "Jerome Opeña" .Image Comics .Archived from the original on August 23, 2025. RetrievedAugust 23, 2025 .